Although to be fair, they didn't phrase the effect very well to imply this.
I mean i can see how it can look confusing, but when you look at the rest of the cards that give Mana Crystals, they are quite consistent about phrasing giving full or empty ones. I guess Zihi was first to read "set", but it is a precedent for Nozdormu and they do follow it again, so id say in the end, no confusion here :)
Nozdormu the Timeless - 5 - Stupid good card, especially since you drop this massive body THEN it resets your mana to play more around it. This will feel alot like an on curve flappy bird back in Un'Goro.
@Nozdormu - are you sure it refreshes your Mana Crystals? Cause based on the text on Mojomaster Zihi and Astral Communion for example, i dont think so. Still a good arena card, but i dont think it works like you suggest, that would be beyond busted.
@Candle Breath - just a nitpick, it draws 3, so with a dragon, it is better than Arcane Intellect :) Still probably an average rating anyway, since the requirement is draft dependant.
Mike Donais confirmed on reddit, that Galakrond and Invoke cards will not be in the Arena, not even the Discover pool. Sidequests will be. Thanks Boozor for asking important questions! :)
Looking at the revealed minions so far, the Dragons will once again reign supreme in arena and dragon synergy will be a strong one. But even just the new "Discover a dragon" theme gives powerful tools via pretty strong card generators. And some of the new dragons, for example Emerald Explorer, Evasive Drakonid or Twin Tyrant especially, will be a super powerful cards in arena.
And with influx of new dragons, some old heavy hitters will probably punch you in a gut very often, since there will be plenty of triggers. How about Crowd Roaster, Book Wyrm or Blackwing Corruptor? Yuck!
Oh and my personal nemesis - Netherspite Historian. I guess i wont no longer be able to be mad about ppl actually drafting this, since dragons will be plentiful.
I guess the only consolation is, Drakonid Operative isnt going to be around ... this time.
Welcome to our Descent of Dragons Arena Impact Thread!
We will again evaluate and go over each card to give you an insight about how we think it might do in the Arena environment. Feel free to join us and share your thoughts on the cards!
So far we are unsure if Galakrond and Invoke minions, as well as Sidequests, will be draftable in arena.
My personal opinion is that Galakrond and Invoke minions will get the C'thun + C'thun followers treatment, meaning these will in fact not be in the drafting pool at all.
Both revealed Sidequests seem like they shouldnt be impossible to complete in arena, Hunter one having a lot easier requirement tho. And with them not being treated as "unique", since you can have more than one copy of them in the deck, so possibly even more than two in arena, i'd wager these will be regular spells in the pool. But we shall see.
Well, she wasnt part of any actual pre-order, but rather part of a special promotion for Twitch. So i dont think we will see skins from HS pre-orders given to us, let alone for free, anytime soon, if ever.
They always dump like 20-30 unreveald cards after the final reveal stream all at once anyways. So for them to reveal a few extra during Blizzcon is just a great bonus for us, not the opposite.
*Important Note: Legendary Quests will automatically replace an existing quest if your quest log is full, so be sure to have an empty spot on these days!
Guess after finally implementing more deck slots, 4th Quest slot was just too much to ask for. Maybe on 10th anniversary?
That is quite an important piece of information, thanks!
Read the deck "guide" :)
I mean i can see how it can look confusing, but when you look at the rest of the cards that give Mana Crystals, they are quite consistent about phrasing giving full or empty ones. I guess Zihi was first to read "set", but it is a precedent for Nozdormu and they do follow it again, so id say in the end, no confusion here :)
@Nozdormu - are you sure it refreshes your Mana Crystals? Cause based on the text on Mojomaster Zihi and Astral Communion for example, i dont think so. Still a good arena card, but i dont think it works like you suggest, that would be beyond busted.
@Candle Breath - just a nitpick, it draws 3, so with a dragon, it is better than Arcane Intellect :) Still probably an average rating anyway, since the requirement is draft dependant.
I wouldnt be surprised if one of the future expansions were build around Pandaria.
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Phoenix
Mike Donais confirmed on reddit, that Galakrond and Invoke cards will not be in the Arena, not even the Discover pool. Sidequests will be. Thanks Boozor for asking important questions! :)
Noooo, why did they take my bubbles away :( It was only reason to play all out Divine Shield deck :)
But overall this seems like a good change, those easy to complete are definitely very easy now.
Spirit of the Shark into the Umbral Skulker into Edwin VanCleef. OH MY GOD! And we thought we saw big Edwins already!
What i dont understand is, why it still isnt a thing. Like it literally already is in the game, but only happens via a bug sometimes lol!
Actually a pretty neat feature. Im glad they did that.
I hope thats a good thing :)
Looking at the revealed minions so far, the Dragons will once again reign supreme in arena and dragon synergy will be a strong one. But even just the new "Discover a dragon" theme gives powerful tools via pretty strong card generators. And some of the new dragons, for example Emerald Explorer, Evasive Drakonid or Twin Tyrant especially, will be a super powerful cards in arena.
And with influx of new dragons, some old heavy hitters will probably punch you in a gut very often, since there will be plenty of triggers. How about Crowd Roaster, Book Wyrm or Blackwing Corruptor? Yuck!
Oh and my personal nemesis - Netherspite Historian. I guess i wont no longer be able to be mad about ppl actually drafting this, since dragons will be plentiful.
I guess the only consolation is, Drakonid Operative isnt going to be around ... this time.
Welcome to our Descent of Dragons Arena Impact Thread!
We will again evaluate and go over each card to give you an insight about how we think it might do in the Arena environment. Feel free to join us and share your thoughts on the cards!
So far we are unsure if Galakrond and Invoke minions, as well as Sidequests, will be draftable in arena.
My personal opinion is that Galakrond and Invoke minions will get the C'thun + C'thun followers treatment, meaning these will in fact not be in the drafting pool at all.
Both revealed Sidequests seem like they shouldnt be impossible to complete in arena, Hunter one having a lot easier requirement tho. And with them not being treated as "unique", since you can have more than one copy of them in the deck, so possibly even more than two in arena, i'd wager these will be regular spells in the pool. But we shall see.
Yes, we get it Blizzard. Galakrond is intended for Miracle decks. You dont need to be this obvious haha :P
Well, she wasnt part of any actual pre-order, but rather part of a special promotion for Twitch. So i dont think we will see skins from HS pre-orders given to us, let alone for free, anytime soon, if ever.
Yes, thats what they're saying :)
They always dump like 20-30 unreveald cards after the final reveal stream all at once anyways. So for them to reveal a few extra during Blizzcon is just a great bonus for us, not the opposite.
Good luck then!
*Important Note: Legendary Quests will automatically replace an existing quest if your quest log is full, so be sure to have an empty spot on these days!
Guess after finally implementing more deck slots, 4th Quest slot was just too much to ask for. Maybe on 10th anniversary?